running in two,s

this morning, the striders met at their usual place at Coronation sq to start their morning fun run. We had one new runner join our group this morning. Starting out once we crossed the Island hwy we headed out towards Chemainus on the Chemainus rd.It wasn't long before Dave and I were ahead of the group and we kept this lead for the whole run, so why did we do this when it was a group run, I think that we wanted to get a bit more out of our run this morning. the advantage of running in twos I find or even in a group is that you can get a better workout, especially if both runners are a bit on the competitive side, your 'e running and competing against each other the whole run so in a way you are surging back and forth when one runner slows he doesn't want to be left behind the other runner therefore I would have to speed up to stay even, the same would happen with the other runner if he slows down or feels tired he would have to push himself a bit harder to stay up with the runner beside him, so it is just about the same as racing, only with racing you try to up your level just a bit more and push your self that much harder. That is if your competitive, if you want to run your race your way have fun , talk to the person besides you, and the important thing is that you relax , relax, and relax if your running up tight you ruin it for yourself and probably wont have a good time and probably hurt your self. Run Smart-- RELAX and run. Yes we finished our run and covered a good 14 k.m only to rehash it over a cup of coffee afterwards